Shanxi, China: People

Plastic lady

Cute Twins

@ Xian Train station

Drum Dancer

Crack pants...

Rice noodle salesman @ Yulin, North Shanxi

Old Muslim Guy @ Yulin

Shanxi, China: Life & Activity

Shanxi, China: Animals

Shanxi, China: Landscape

Hong Kong Snaps - Old Factory Buildings

China Snap Shot- How ducks are being transported....

The Dutch Humor

This is a "mobile advertisement" at the baggage claim area of the Amsterdam Airport. The Dutch custom uses a creative way to remind people to declare some restricted items that they are going to take in the Netherlands.

Fire Dragon Dance @ HK (Moon Festival 08)

About the Tai Hung@HK Fire Dragon Dance
(source: http://www.taihangfiredragon.com)

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon has its origin in 1880 . At that time , Tai Hang was only a small Hakka village and the villagers , most of them farmers and fishermen , Led a simple and peaceful life . The tale started when the villagers once killed a serpent in a stormy night , but in the next morning , the dead body of the serpent had disappeared . A few days later , a plague spread out in Tai Hang and many people died of infection . Meanwhile , a village elder saw Buddha one night in his dream and was told to perform a Fire Dragon Dance and to burn fire crackers in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The sulphur in the fire crackers drove away the disease and the villagers were saved. Since then , every year the Tai Hang residents would perform the Fire Dragon Dance for three nights in the Mid-Autumn Festival in memory of the incident. The Fire Dragon is altogether 220 feet long with its body divided into 32 segments , all of which are stuffed with straw and stuck full of incense sticks. So it is known as the “ Fire-Dragon ” .

China Snap: Beijing (Sep 08)